Behringer VD400 Vintage Delay Pedal

Outstanding value , low noise floor , priced perfectly.No complaints just surprisesGreat always on pedal if your amp has no reverb AND can do a nice slap back

Well worth the cost

Overall, this is a great low cost pedal for those who want to experience a true Bucket Brigade analog delay pedal. I had been craving one for years ever since I accidentally fried my beloved KMD analog delay pedal because it didn't have polarity reversal protection and I plugged in the wrong 9v power supply. :(This pedal scratches that itch.The sound quality is overall pretty good however if you are using a humbucker equipped guitar, it tends to distort the delay sounds very easily. Rolling back the volume knob on the guitar usually fixes this problem. Also some people may really like that low-fi distorted delay sound. That is part of the sound of any analog delay. It's just more pronounced on this one. Still... it has a very lovely warm delay sound, so I can't complain too much. No it's not anywhere near as good as an Electro-harmonix Deluxe Memory Man pedal, however it will get you in the ballpark with some similar pleasing analog delay sounds. Aside from this, the pedal itself is of course plastic so probably not a pedal you'd want to gig with. However for light studio use where you are not stopping on it hard or leave it up on a desk, it's very practical and should last for many years.

Here's why I like this pedal.. 1. It is clean. The analog aspect of this has been thoroughly covered in other reviews so I won't rehash all that but would add that -for me at least- the effect has a warm quality to it that I really like even compared to other way more expensive ones. 2. Not over the top! Some pedals that offer Delay are really good too but don't allow you to really dial it down like this one from Behringer does. And I really like that you can dial in a very subtle effect to add just enough delay to accent the guitar tone without killing it and that's a very good thing. 3. Price. It was $25 bucks - cheap - nuff said. 4. Complimentary. This pedal compliments the other pedals I have on my board very well. It will definitely become a must-have addition of that I am confident! 5. Quiet. I am blown away by how noise free and quiet this pedal is. And yes, I am talking about relative noise as compared to others. Is it dead quiet? Well, no. but for me what little noise it makes is probably attributable to the florescent lights or even the power supply block I am running it off of. So no complaints there. 6: Plastic but feels solid. Yep - the Behringer pedals are made from a heavy grade plastic but I have not a second thought about all of my other Behringer pedals and have played out numerous times over the years with some of them.. in fact an older Behringer pedal I own has out lasted a much more expensive Digitech pedal that I purchased less than 2 years back! Final thoughts: Buy it. Its $25 bucks. It works great! Do recommend using it with an AC adapter or connecting to your board. Keep Rocking!

This delay pedal is quiet, adjustable and has a great delay that adds texture to your sound. Just as good as many others out there for a great price. In my experience, this pedal has less noise than some others, indicating good circuit design. Yes, it is made of plastic, so it may not be the tool for that hard core touring or bar-hopping musician. For the rest of us, it is a 5 star product.

As with most of the Behringer stuff, the price is surprisingly low, and that's the draw. The unit's plastic construction isn't a problem for me - I don't gig. Works fine with no noted PSU noise (no hum/buzz/60Hz...) from my pedalboard power supply.I've been fiddling with it for a few months, and it just doesn't have a sweet spot. I don't like it enough that I ever want it on.You can get short-delay doubling, but the control the delay-time knob gives you is not fine enough to get it just right. You can max it out to full delay and it sounds not so much like a large hall as it does a cheap pedal. That and I'd like about twice the maximum delay out of this thing. C'mon, charge $5 more and make it more useful.When I engage this thing, whatever clarity and bite I had seems to disappear - not just due to reverb muddying things up; that I expect - but the original and delayed sounds just don't seem to retain the clarity I want.I'm assuming the insides of this pedal are something like the "bucket-brigade line" delay pedals that started to come out in the early 80s. This pedal reproduces the feel of those - including the not-so-great fidelity. (Happily, I can't hear clock signals, nor aliasing, so we've come a little way forward in 30 years).I'm guessing there are not many people pining for the sound of the old Electro-Harmonix delay lines - what you're likely coming to this pedal for is one of two things: 1. a cheap, crisp digital delay - and this pedal is NOT that on either count. 2. a tape echo (like an Echoplex), but in a more convenient solid-state form. This pedal tries a little bit to be that, but it doesn't have the fine control you need to work it as you would an Echoplex, and the knobs are tiny and down on the floor.I think I'd move along and try something else next time.

Like many others have pointed out, this is made of a hard plastic. However, I don’t usually switch my pedals on and off with a sledge hammer so I’m not sure the durability assessment is as bad as others have stated. I suppose if you regularly jumped from the top of a Marshall double stack on to the pedal it might not last long. Another consideration is that if you are chucking the pedal against a brick wall (repeatedly), you may have trouble. Generally, if you are a well adjusted, functional human it should be fine.As far as the Analog delay goes, it’s right on par with Its Boss counterpart. Keep in mind this analog delay so it’s a bit more of a 60’s sound vs a modern digital rack sound.